All Things Dutch

I don't ride into town very often. It's a slow ride, too much traffic, too many street crossings, and it doesn't help that I have to ride past the sewage treatment plant to get there. However, today is theme day, and I heard that the theme was bakeries.

This is the best place in town to get banket. (Almond paste in a flakey crust.) Most of you have had the local version of pigs, and I don't know for sure what balkenbrij is, though it may be related to haggis.  De Boer's Bakkerij (pronounced bakery) is right across the street from Captain Sundae's, which is right next door to Cross Country Cycle.  Location, location, location.

I do not know what the yellow, wooden shoe shaped things on the bottom shelf are.  It seems unlikely that they are actual wooden shoes, but I can't imagine any baked goods in that shape, either.  Lots and lots of cinnamon rolls for the tourists, and of course, plenty of banket. I was only a mile or so from the bridge into town at this point, and I haven't checked out the condition of the tulips downtown lately.  Tulip Time starts Saturday, and the tour buses have been rolling through town for a few weeks already. So I rode across the bridge, then under the bridge, then past the sewage plant, then through Window on the Waterfront Park, and found a few of the traditional blooms along 6th street, near the statues of the Dutch couple.

The tulips are definitely past their prime, but there are still a few nice patches of color.  It won't be a total stem festival.  In other news, we have a cleaning crew coming to the Bay house tomorrow and Thursday to get it ready for sale, so there won't be much riding or blogging going on here for a while.  See you on the other side.